Blade package



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BLADE PACKAGE Filed Jan, 12. 1929 ATTORNEY Patented Mar. 10, 1931-UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY J'. GAISMAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO

GILLETTE SAFETY RAZOR COMPANY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORA- TIONOF DELAWARE BLADE PACKAGE Application filed January 12, 1929. Serial No.332,040.

My invention has reference to retaining a stack or pile of blades, suchas razor blades, in a package or container, in such a way that theblades may be delivered successively, and 5 may be applied directly to aportion of a safety razor, without requiring the blades to be handledwhen being delivered from the container or upon the razor portion, suchas a backing member of the razor.

One of the features of my invention includes a container having movablemembers or retainers to retain blades and spacers for the blades, thespacers being adapted to be extracted from the stack of blades andspacers, successively as required, to expose the outermost blade to theretainers for retaining the stack, whereby when the retalners areoperated the outermost blade will be released for delivery, and may bedelivered directly to a razor backing without handling and withoutinterference from a spacer.

My invention also comprises novel details of improvement that will bemore fully hereinafter set forth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a parthereof, wherein,

Fig. 1 is a plan view illustrating my improved blade package;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a bladespacer;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a blade;

Fig. tie a longitudinal section showing the blades and spacers retainedin the package or container;

' Fig. 5 is a similar view illustrating the removal of the outermostspacer; 1

Fig. 6 is a similar view illustrating the delivery of a blade from thepackage or container;

Fig. 7 is a partly broken perspective view illustrating a blade upon ablade backing as delivered from the package or container;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view, partly broken, illustrating the container,in position inverted from Figs. 4, 5 and 6;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the retainers, and

Fig. 10 is a perspective view of spring means for retaining the stack ofblades and spacers pressed toward the retainers.

Similar numerals indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

The numeral 1 indicates a container for the blades 2 and spacers 3, theblades and spacers being shown arranged in a pile or stack, the stackpreferably having inner and outer spacers 3 for protecting the blades,as illustrated in Fig. 4. The container comprises a back member 1a andspaced sides 1?), said sides having inwardly extending end members 10,shown arranged in pairs spaced apart providing end openings 4, (Fig. 8),the container having a side open at 5 opposite the back member lot, forthe reception and delivery of the blades and the spacers. At 6 areretainers for the blades and spacers, shown located at the ends of thecontainer. Said retainers are shown provided with inwardly extendingprojections 6a adapted to oppose the adjacent ends of the spacers andthe blades, in the normal position of the parts, Fig. 4, to retain thestack of blades and spacers within the container. For convenience ofmanufacture the retainers are shown made separatelv from the containerand car-- ried thereby. For such purpose the retainers have inwardlyextending portions adapted to extend along the back member 1a of thecontainer. behind the end members 10, which are spaced from the back toreceive the portions 7. The retainer portions 7 are adapted to beopposed by a spring member 8 that presses the retainer portions 7against the back member 1a.

The spring member 8 is shown provided with spring-fingers 8a that bearagainst the stack of blades and spacers, and under the tension of saidspring fingers the retainers are kept in place and the stack of bladesand spacers is kept pressed against the projections 6a of the retainers.To keep the retainers 6 from sliding out of the container said retainersare shown provided with outwardly extending lugs 9 that enter openings10 in the container back 111 and oppose the metal at the edges of saidopening, also thereby resisting sliding of the retainers, when they aretilted, Fig. 6, The retainers may be made of a piece of sheet metal cutand bent to shape, the metal being shown folded as at 66 providing a finer-piece 11, (Fig. 9), the lugs 9 being presse out of the metal. Thecontainer 1 has outwardly projecting stops 12 that are normallyspaced-from the finger pieces 11, (Fig. 4),'and are in positionto beengaged by said finger pieces when the retainersare operated, to limitthe movement of the latter for releasingablade, (Fig. 6). 1

The spacers 4 are shown provided with reduced end portions 3a to fitbetween the end members 10 of the container, (Fig. 2). Said spacers arealso shown provided with substantially centrally disposed tongues orprojections 13 that may be grasped by the fingers in order convenientlyto pull the outermostv spacer from the stack, Fig. 5, to leave theadjacent blade unopposed outwardly by a spacer. The spacers are alsoshown provided with holes or openings 14 adapted to'receive studs orprojections 15a, 15?) that extend from a blade backing or member 15 of awell known type of safety razor, and the blades '2 are shown providedwith openings 2a, 2?), that are adapted to register with the openings1450f the spacers whenthe blades and spacers are in a stack or pile,(Fig. 4) so that the studs or projections 15a and 15?) may pass throughsaid openings in the blades'and spacers when I the backing member isapplied to the package,

as illustrated in Fig. 6.

When the parts are assembled, as illustrated in Fig. 4, the projections6a,. 6b of the retainers 6 will oppose the end portions of the spacersand will retain the stack of blades and spacers that are pressedoutwardly by the spring member 8. When a blade is to be delivered fromthe package or container the finger pieces 13 of the outermost spacerwill be grasped and said spacer will be pulled away, (Fig. 5) leavingthe retainer projections 6a opposing the outermost blade for retainingthe stack. The outermost blade may be delivered by pressing the fingerpieces 11 of the retainers inwardly, (in the direction of the arrows inFig. 6), until said finger pieces abut against the stops 12. Saidoperation of the finger pieces causes the retainers to bend in such away that their projcctio'ns 6a move away from and out of the path of theoutermost blade, releasing the latter for delivery from the package orcon tainer, the portions 7 of the retainers bending as required, asillustrated in Fig. 6. The

outward or lateral movements of the projections 6a of the retainers aresufficient to release the outermost blade but not the next adjacentspacer 3, nor the blade behind said spacer, since the latter is longerthan the blade and of sufficient length to always remain in oppositionto the projections 6a, so that although the outermost blade is released,with the parts in the position shown in Fig. 6, the remainder of thestack of blades and I spacers are still retained within the container,

as illustrated in Fig. 6.

In order to apply a blade directly to the backing member 15, a s acer 3is first removed from the stack, (Fig. 5 to expose the outermost bladeand then the backing is applied to the package with the studs 15a and15b passing through the openings in the blades and spacers, whereuponthe retainers are operated to release the outermost blade, whichwilldrop upon the backing, in the manner illustrated in Fig. 6, theprojections 6a of the retainers obstructing the adjacent spacer 3, tokeep the remainder of the stack in position within the container. Eachtime a blade is to be delivered from the package the outermost spacerwill be pulled out and the retainers operated to release the thenoutermost blade, and so on successively for the several blades. I

By means of my improvements a stack of blades may be retained ready fordelivery,

and each blade may be delivered without requiring a blade to be handled,thereby avoiding danger of cutting the fingers in delivering blades orapplying them to blade backings of razors. The package may be madecheaply so that after the last blade has been delivered the containermay be discarded.

Changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement ofparts set forth without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Having now described my invention what I claim is:

1. A blade package comprising a container for a stack of blades andspacers in which the spacers extend beyond the blades, said packagehaving retainers for the blades and s acers, said retainers beingmovable out o the path of the blades but not movable out of the path ofthe spacers to retain the-latter in all positions of the retainers.

2. A blade package as set forthin claim 1 provided with means to keepthe blades and the spacers pressed toward the retainers.

3. A blade package comprising a container a stack of blades and spacerstherein, an movable retainers carried by the container, the spacersextending beyond the blades to be retained by the retainers, and meansto limit movement of the retainers to permit the passage of a blade fromthe container and not permit the passa e of a spacer.

1. A blade pac (age as set forth in claim 3 in which the blades andspacers have registering openings to admit studs from a razor backing toreceive a blade when the retainers are moved out of the path of theblade.

5. A blade package comprising a container for a stack of blades andspacers in which the spacers extend beyond the blades, said containerhaving movable retainers provided with projections normally opposing theblades and the spacers, and means to control the movement of theretainers to release a blade without releasing a spacer behind saidblade.

6. A blade package as set forth in claim in which the means to controlthe movement of the retainers includes finger pieces on the retainersand stops on the container to limit the'movement of the retainers torelease a blade without releasing the spacer behind the container hasstops to limit movement of the retainers for, releasing the bladeswithout releasing the spacers.

9. A blade package as set forth in claim 7 in which the means to keepthe retainers in operative position on the container includes lugs onthe retainers, the container back having openings receiving said lugs tokeep the retainers in position.

10. A blade package as set forth in claim 7 in which the means to keepthe retainers in operative position on the container includes lugs onthe retainers, the container back havin g openings receiving said lugsto keep the retainers in position, and spring means operative' with theretainers and with the stack of blades and spacers.

11. A blade package comprising a containor having a back and spacedsides provided with ends spaced from said back, retainers having meansto retain a stack of blades and spacers and having projecting portionslocated against said back and behind said ends, said retainers meansbeing movable to release a blade and retain a spacer, and spring meansoperative with said projecting portions and with said stack.

12. A blade package as set forth in claim 11 in which the container backis provided with openings and the retainers have lugs located in saidopenings to keep the retainers from sliding from the container.

13. A blade package comprising a container having a back provided withspaced sides, said sides having spaced ends, a stack of blades andspacers within said container, said spacers having portions locatedbetween said ends and extending beyond the blades, and retainers carriedby the container and having means normally opposing the ends of thespacers and the blades and movable out of the path of the blades withoutreleasing the spacers.

14. A blade package as set forth in claim 13 in which the ends of thespacers are reduced to fit between the ends of the container.

HENRY J. GAISMAN.

